| Title | Blockchain based transactive energy systems for voltage regulation in active distribution networks |
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| Author | Saxena, S; Farag, H E Z; Turesson, H; Kim, H |
| Source | IET Smart Grid vol. 3, issue 5, 2020 p. 646-656, https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-stg.2019.0286  Open Access |
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| Year | 2020 |
| Publisher | Institution of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Wiley |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; digital; on-line |
| Related | This publication is related to the following publications |
| File format | pdf; html |
| Subjects | Science and Technology; Economics and Industry; energy; Climate change; Adaptation measures and options; cumulative effects |
| Illustrations | schematic representations; schematic diagrams; tables; flow diagrams; figures; time series |
| Program | Climate Change Impacts and
Adaptation |
| Program | Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Climate Change Adaptation Program |
| Released | 2020 05 29 |
| Abstract | Transactive energy systems (TES) are modern mechanisms in electric power systems that allow disparate control agents to utilise distributed generation units to engage in energy transactions and provide
ancillary services to the grid. Although voltage regulation is a crucial ancillary grid service within active distribution networks (ADNs), previous work has not adequately explored how this service can be offered in terms of its incentivisation,
contract auditability, and enforcement. Blockchain technology shows promise in being a key enabler of TES, allowing agents to engage in trustless, persistent transactions that are both enforceable and auditable. To that end, this study proposes a
blockchain based TES that enables agents to receive incentives for providing voltage regulation services by (i) maintaining an auditable reputation rating for each agent that is increased proportionately with each mitigation of a voltage violation,
(ii) utilising smart contracts to enforce the validity of each transaction and penalise reputation ratings in case of a mitigation failure, and (iii) automating the negotiation and bidding of agent services by implementing the contract net protocol
as a smart contract. Experimental results on both simulated and real-world ADNs are executed to demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed system. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
This article proposes a blockchain based transactive energy system (TES) that enables agents to receive incentives for providing voltage regulation
services by (i) maintaining an auditable reputation rating for each agent that is increased proportionately with each mitigation of a voltage violation, (ii) utilising smart contracts to enforce the validity of each transaction and penalise
reputation ratings in case of a mitigation failure, and (iii) automating the negotiation and bidding of agent services by implementing the contract net protocol as a smart contract. Experimental results on both simulated and real-world ADNs are
executed to demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed system. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 330260 |
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